When comparing ROCCAT Nyth vs SteelSeries Rival 300, the Slant community recommends SteelSeries Rival 300 for most people. In the question“What is the best gaming mouse?” SteelSeries Rival 300 is ranked 23rd while ROCCAT Nyth is ranked 46th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Highly customizable
With three sets of swap-able thumb keys as well as two different grip plates, one that caters to claw grip and another that caters to palm grip, the Nyth is customizable to fit comfortably in anyone's hands.
Pro Great for those with large hands and using claw grip
Pro Comfortable to handle
This mouse is very well balanced in weight, size and ergonomics making for a mouse that is easy and comfortable to handle.
Pro Great value for money
At $39 the Rival gaming mouse has a great balance between build quality and value for money.
Pro Highly accurate
The Steelseries Rival gaming mouse has a built in Pixart PMW3310 optical sensor that offers great tracking control. There's no angle-snapping, hardware acceleration, or jitter.
Pro Great accompanying software suite
Steelseries uses a software suite called Engine 3 that is low resource and used to customize their gaming mouse options.
Cons
Con Side button customization is lacking
There is currently no way to setup a three button layout on the side (short of turning off three buttons in a six button setup). There is also no large buttons included, which means when using a button setup lower than twelve the buttons will still be the same size even though there is room to have less buttons that are larger. For the selling point to be customization of the mouse there really should have been optional larger buttons included in the kit to allow for easier button presses on low button setups.
Con Not extremely ergonomic
Not entirely fit for claw grips with small hands, and gets uncomfortable after a while.
Con Rubber grips get worn out very quickly
Con Rubber grips get slippery with sweaty hands
When using the mouse for long duration's the sweat from the users hands can make the rubber side grips slippery.